Making sense of a wonky GDP reading
Meta’s shares jumped more than 10 per cent off the back of better than expected second-quarter earnings, and the Federal Reserve held rates steady despite calls to lower borrowing rates by US Presiden...
31 Jul 202511min
Concerns rise over starvation in Gaza
The potential US-China trade war truce depends on US President Donald Trump’s approval, and a UN-backed food security group says a famine is unfolding in Gaza. Plus, China’s AI expo gives the internat...
30 Jul 202511min
EU politicians bristle at US trade deal
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and UK chancellor Rachel Reeves are at odds, and EU politicians are grumbling over the bloc’s trade deal with the US. Plus, the US economy is defying expectation...
29 Jul 202512min
China’s growing muscle at the UN
The European Union struck a deal to limit the rate of US tariffs, and public companies are filling their coffers with cryptocurrencies. Plus, the share of goods in total UK exports has fallen to a rec...
28 Jul 202510min
Return of the stonk
US President Donald Trump is set to visit the UK and Krispy Kreme and GoPro stocks rise after becoming meme stocks. Plus, the ECB keeps rates at 2% and how AI is affecting the job market for new-grads...
25 Jul 202512min
Private equity recycles assets
Tesla’s second-quarter profits fell 23 per cent as sales of its electric vehicles continued to slide, private equity firms made record use of a controversial tactic to cash out their clients this year...
24 Jul 202511min
Big Pharma’s China gamble
US House Speaker Mike Johnson sent home Congress members early to avoid a vote on releasing files on Jeffery Epstein, Nigeria’s recalculated GDP reflects a 30 per cent growth of its economy, and US Pr...
23 Jul 202510min
What deregulation means for the UK economy
JPMorgan Chase explores lending against cryptocurrency, and the UK will have to pay in order to join the EU’s defence fund. Plus, UK chancellor Rachel Reeves blames regulation for lack of financial gr...
22 Jul 202510min
